【高校英語】共通テストの英文解釈 vol.1279≪2021年第2日程第6問A≫

□--■--□--■--□--■--□--------------------------------------------◆ 　　【高校英語】共通テストの英文解釈 vol.1279 　　　　　≪2021年第2日程第6問A≫　　月・水・土発行　　2021/配信 ◆----------------------------------------□--■--□--■--□--■--□--■ 目次・・・■　問題　■　全文訳　■　解答・解説　■　語句　■　解答一覧 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 今回取り上げる問題は、2021年共通テスト第２日程英語第６問Ａです。 ■　問題 第６問 Ａ　You are an exchange student in the United States and you have joined the school's drama club. You are reading an American online arts magazine article to get some ideas to help improve the club. [Recent Changes at the Royal Shakespeare Company] [By John Smith] Feb, 20, 2020 We are all different. While most people recognize that the world is made up of a wide variety of people, diversity--showing and accepting our differences--is often not reflected in performing arts organizations. For this reason, there is an increasing demand for movies and plays to better represent people from various backgrounds as well as those with disabilities. Arts Council England, in response to this demand, is encouraging all publicly funded arts organizations to make improvements in this area. One theater company responding positively is the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), which is one of the most influential theater companies in the world. Based in Stratford 0upon-Avon in the UK, the RSC produces plays by William Shakespeare and a number of other famous authors. These days, the RSC is focused on diversity in an attempt to represent all of UK society accurately. It works hard to balance the ethnic and social backgrounds, the genders, and the physical abilities of both performers and staff when hiring. During the summer 2019 season, the RSC put on three of Shakespeare's comedies: As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, and Measure for Measure. Actors from all over the country were employed, forming a 27-member cast, reflecting the diverse ethnic, geographical, and cultural population of the UK today. To achieve gender balance for the entire season, half of all roles were given to male actors and half to female actors. The cast included three actors with disabilities (currently referred to as "differently-abled" actors)--one visually-impaired, one hearing-impaired, and one in a wheelchair. Changes went beyond the hiring policy. The RSC actually rewrote parts of the play to encourage the audience to reflect on male/female power relationships. For example, female and male roles were reversed. In The Taming of the Shrew, the role of "the daughter" in the original was transformed into "the son" and played by a male actor. In the same play, a male servant character was rewritten as a female servant. That role was played by Amy Trigg, a female actor who uses a wheelchair. Trigg said that she was excited to play the role and believed that the RSC's changes would have a large impact on other performing arts organizations. Excited by all the diversity, other members of the RSC expressed the same hope--that more arts organizations would be encouraged to follow in the RSC's footsteps. The RSC's decision to reflect diversity in the summer 2019 season can be seen as a new model for arts organizations hoping to make their organizations inclusive. While there are some who are reluctant to accept diversity in classic plays, others welcome it with open arms. Although certain challenges remain, the RSC has earned its reputation as the face of progress.